Charles J. Kim

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: (570) 577-1846
Fax: (570) 577-7281
cjk019@bucknell.edu

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Educational Background:

• B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1999
• M.S.E., University of Michigan, 2002
• Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2005

Teaching Specialities:

• Mechanical Design
• Senior Capstone Design
• Intro Dynamics
• Mechanism Design

Research Interests:

• Compliant Mechanisms
• Biologically Inspired Mechanical Design
• Appropriate Technology

Selected Publications:

• Kim, C.J., 2007, "Decomposition Strategies for Single-Input Single-Output and Dual-Input Single-Output Compliant Mechanisms", Proceedings of the 2007 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, DETC2007-35449.
• Kim, C.J., Moon, Y.M., Kota, S., 2007, “Conceptual Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms Utilizing Compliance and Stiffness Ellipsoids", Accepted for publication in the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.
• Kim, C.J., Kota, S., Moon, Y.M., 2006, "An Instant Center Approach Towards the Conceptual Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 128(3), pp. 542-550.